Craft

Materials
Embroidery ring (Inside ring)
Embroidery thread
Scissors
Needle
Assorted origami birds – I found out how to make these birds here, here and here.

Instructions
Step One: Cut three pieces of embroidery thread, long enough to meet in the middle of the circle, about 25 cm (depending on the size of your embroidery ring.) This will be the top of the mobile where you hang it up.Step Two: Work out the positioning of the origami birds – where you want them to hang.Step Three: Measure how far you want the birds to hang down. Mine vary in length, the longest is about 25 cm.Step Four: Attach birds to embroidery thread by making a small hole with your needle in their wings (somewhere the knot will be hidden.)

Instructions
Step One: Take your white card and draw twelve hearts using a heart cookie cutter or something that will give you a heart shape.Step Two: Cut out the hearts.Step Three: Write on your hearts with the red marker. I used a typewriter font from my computer and traced it onto my hearts.The words are: a partridge in a pear tree, two turtle doves, three french hens, four colly birds, five golden rings, six geese-a-laying, seven swans-a-swimming, eight maids-a-milking, nine ladies dancing, ten lords-a-leaping, eleven pipers piping, twelve drummers drumming.
Step Four: To get the right length of string, lay out your twelve hearts on the floor and position how far apart you would like them. Measure your string and cut!Step Five: Now tape the string to the back of the hearts and your done!

I was at the beach earlier this week and it inspired me to make this simple shell statement necklace.

Materials:
String
Necklace Clasp
Three or more shells

Measure the length of your string by putting it around your neck and deciding where you what it to sit. Take into consideration the you will need extra to tie the string onto the clasp.

Thread the string through the shell’s hole. I was lucky enough to find shells that had natural holes in them. If you didn’t happen to find any like this then maybe you could drill a hole? I’m not sure how shells would cope with that though.
– Let me know in the comments below what you would do to create the hole.

Now attach your clasp. The clasp is optional, you might like to tie a knot at the back, but I prefer to be able to take it off more easily. Tie a double knot on each ring and cut the excess off.

I decided to create this hair scrunchy because as well as wanting to wear it out and about I heard hair scrunchies are great to wear to bed. They are better than normal hair ties because they are not as tight and wont pull on your hair.

Materials:
Material
Pins
Elastic
Safety pin
Thread
Needle

My hair is thick so I made the width of my scrunchy thick too. Depending on your hair type, it’s up to you how wide you want it. Make sure you add a centimeter or more of seam allowance.

Pin to hold the material in place and cut along the edge of the material.

Fold the material in half, inside-out, and pin before you sew so it doesn’t slip out of place.

Sew the pieces together one centimeter and a half in from the edge. Don’t forget to back stitch on both ends!

Now that it’s autumn and the weather’s getting cooler, I’ve been feeling run down. So I decided to make homemade herbal tea. Instead of putting the herbs into a tea pot, I thought it would be a nice idea to make herbal tea bags.